authenticity

Bob Dylan’s Art Is Best Served Naked
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Bob Dylan’s Art Is Best Served Naked

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 / 23 May 2023

As Bob Dylan learned, only through baring of one’s soul does one show the way forward, providing both a glimpse into the other and perhaps the shape of things to come.

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Commodified Authenticity and Ethnic Resistance in Nahnatchka Khan’s ‘Always Be My Maybe’

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 / 28 June 2019
‘When I Get Home’, ‘Astroworld’, and the Problem with Place-Based Authenticity
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‘When I Get Home’, ‘Astroworld’, and the Problem with Place-Based Authenticity

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 / 28 March 2019

Lucky for you, philistine listener and reader, we critics are here to make your listening experience truly authentic by bringing you into the "back to their roots" covenant of artistic judgment.

Reactionary Rockism: The Dangerous Obsession with “Authenticity” in Indie Rock
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Reactionary Rockism: The Dangerous Obsession with “Authenticity” in Indie Rock

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 / 13 August 2018

We should take seriously indie rock trends driven by nostalgia— the revival of white rock forms, the whitewashing of disco and yacht rock, and the rise of normcore—as what they are: conservative gestures flying under the radar in a climate of poptimist reappraisal.

Bruce Springsteen, ‘The Ties That Bind’, the Working Class, and Authenticity
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Bruce Springsteen, ‘The Ties That Bind’, the Working Class, and Authenticity

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 / 4 February 2016
As we use the term today, authenticity allows no truth from art, only from artists. It visits art the way one visits a subway station or an airport: to get to somewhere else.
Dog of War: Doggy Representation and ‘Metal Gear Solid V’
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Dog of War: Doggy Representation and ‘Metal Gear Solid V’

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 / 29 September 2015
DD is a good dog. I mean, like, a really good dog.
“Footsteps in Movies” and Other Strange Notions about the Authenticity of Media
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“Footsteps in Movies” and Other Strange Notions about the Authenticity of Media

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 / 23 June 2015
Footsteps in movies never sound real. They shouldn't. after all, they're footsteps in movies.
Songs of Simulation and Discouragement: Bowie, Bono, and Authenticity
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Songs of Simulation and Discouragement: Bowie, Bono, and Authenticity

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 / 14 October 2014
With its Apple-sponsored free public release, U2's Songs of Innocence betrays just how far the band has come from their past, despite its attempts to bring back a Dublinesque vision.
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Gold Teeth, White Teeth, and Lorde’s ‘Pure Heroine’

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 / 17 October 2013
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‘Alone Together’: Authenticity Issues and the New Intimacies

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 / 31 January 2012
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Reconsidering the Revival of Cassette Tape Culture

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 / 3 December 2009